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Outside of the normal [[HTML]] table syntax, there is a separate wikisyntax specifically for tables.
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Outside of the normal HTML table syntax, there is a separate wikisyntax specifically for tables.
  
 
Tables are started by <tt>{|</tt> and ended by <tt>|}</tt>. A new row is denoted by <tt>|-</tt>, while a new cell is denoted by <tt>|</tt> on a new line and <tt>||</tt> if there is more than one cell on a line.
 
Tables are started by <tt>{|</tt> and ended by <tt>|}</tt>. A new row is denoted by <tt>|-</tt>, while a new cell is denoted by <tt>|</tt> on a new line and <tt>||</tt> if there is more than one cell on a line.

Revision as of 18:17, 20 September 2007

Outside of the normal HTML table syntax, there is a separate wikisyntax specifically for tables.

Tables are started by {| and ended by |}. A new row is denoted by |-, while a new cell is denoted by | on a new line and || if there is more than one cell on a line.

The following is the basic syntax for tables:

{| style="background:yellow; border:1px solid black"
|+ Caption for the table
|- <!-- Start of a new row -->
| style =”width:75%” | The first cell || The second cell
|-
| An alternative scheme for cells
|Second cell
|}

This produces:

Caption for the table
The first cell The second cell
An alternative scheme for cells Second cell